Healthy Activities and Cooking
Many schools, community groups and organisations are seeing the value of running healthy activities and healthy cooking sessions that are both fun and educational for all members of the family whether it is parents learning new skills, families learning together or activities within the classroom or for holiday and summer schools. These courses are a great way of not only teaching a healthier livestyle and cookery skills but they also encourage self esteem and confidence for young people and adults of all ages too.
KRL is available to undertake a variety of healthy activities across the United Kingdom including taster sessions, sets of cookery sessions, training for tutors, children’s activities, family learning workshops, school/organisation one to one support, programmes for LA’s, and Open College Network (OCN) accredited training courses for individuals, young people over 14 and those wishing to learn skills to teach others.
These activities can be delivered as individual sessions or a set of sessions. They can last from 90 minutes to a whole day. Each session will be accompanied by a cookery book or cookery cards to encourage participants to repeat the recipes at home.
Target Audience |
Type of Session |
Length of Sessions |
Children’s Cookery (Key Stage 1 and 2)
Cooking for Kids (Parental Learning) Cooking with Kids (Family Learning) Young Peoples Cookery (Key Stage 3 and 4) |
Basic Cookery More Basic Cookery African Cooking Asian Cooking (Indian) Bread Making Chinese Cooking Crazy Sandwiches Fun with Fruit Healthy Breakfasts Healthy Lunchboxes Healthy Puddings Middle Eastern Muffins and Biscuits Pasta Pizza Versatile Vegetables |
Courses can be run for 90 minutes Two hours Three hours Half days Full days A set of weekly sessions A Holiday or Summer school |
Tutor Training |
Healthy Easy Options for Breakfast and After School Clubs Hands on Training for Tutors: Cooking for and with Kids – First Steps Hands on Training for Tutors: Cooking for and with Kids – Going forward Hands on Training for Tutors: Cooking for and with Kids – Advanced |
Half day
Full day |
Open College Network Accredited Courses
OCN Level One ---10 hours
Title Number of credits
3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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9 |
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Hands on Training for Tutors: Cooking for and with Kids – First Steps |
1 |
3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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2 |
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3 |
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3 |
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3 |
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Preparation for Sure Start Volunteers – Health, Safety & Welfare |
3 |
3 |
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3 |
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3 |
OCN Level Two --- 10-15 hours
Title Number of credits
Train the Trainer Healthy Activities
These courses are designed to teach potential tutors how to deliver the courses to others. Each session will be accompanied by a training support handbook and copies of the KRL cookery books are also available to encourage participants they teach to repeat the recipes at home.
Healthy Easy Options for Breakfast and After School Clubs
Hands on Training for Tutors: Cooking for and with Kids – First Steps (OCN accreditation Optional)
Hands on Training for Tutors: Cooking for and with Kids – Going forward (OCN accreditation Optional)
Hands on Training for Tutors: Cooking for and with Kids – Advanced (OCN accreditation Optional)
Hands on Training for Tutors: Healthy Breakfasts
Hands on Training for Tutors: Healthy Lunchboxes
OCN Accreditation
OCN Credit Levels |
Skill Level |
Broadly Equivalent to the level of study required for the following examples |
Level One |
The consolidation of existing skills and the introduction of new skills, competences and areas of learning |
GCSE grade D-G Foundation GNVQ Level 1 NVQ/SVQ |
Level Two |
The extension and application of skills and competences and the introduction of independent learning techniques |
GCSE grade A*-C Intermediate GNVQ/VCE Level 2 NVQ/SVQ First Diploma |
What others say about the courses
(Copies of these evaluations are available)
Have really enjoyed the course and my family and friends have loved tasting the food I’ve cooked. .
Really enjoyed the course so far as I have never been interested in cooking before or making my own food. I am now making my own food from scratch myself.
The course has been excellent, I have really enjoyed it.
This course has definitely changed the way I see food. I am more likely to try new foods